A Mysterious Hacker Group Is On a Supply Chain Hijacking Spree
A software supply chain attack represents one of the most insidious forms of hacking. By breaking into a developer’s network and hiding […]
Tag: Security / Cyberattacks and Hacks
The SIM Swap Fix That the US Isn’t Using
Around a year ago, André Tenreiro was called into a meeting between the chief technology officer of the phone carrier he worked […]
‘If You Want to Kill Someone, We Are the Right Guys’
On a brisk day in March 2016, Stephen Allwine walked into a Wendy’s in Minneapolis. The smell of old fryer grease hung […]
Supply Chain Hackers Snuck Malware Into Videogames
The security sector is waking up to the insidious threat posed by software supply chain attacks, where hackers don’t attack individual devices […]
A ‘Blockchain Bandit’ Is Guessing Private Keys and Scoring Millions
Last summer, Adrian Bednarek was mulling over ways to steal the cryptocurrency Ethereum. He’s a security consultant; at the time, he was […]
Hackers Can Tell What Netflix ‘Bandersnatch’ Choices You Make
Netflix made a splash when it debuted Black Mirror: Bandersnatch in December, a “choose your own adventure”-style movie that put viewers in […]
A Mystery Agent Is Doxing Iran’s Hackers and Dumping Their Code
Nearly three years after the mysterious group called the Shadow Brokers began disemboweling the NSA’s hackers and leaking their hacking tools onto […]
Cyberspies Hijacked the Internet Domains of Entire Countries
The discovery of a new, sophisticated team of hackers spying on dozens of government targets is never good news. But one team […]
Microsoft Email Hack Shows the Lurking Danger of Customer Support
On Friday night, Microsoft sent notification emails to an unknown number of its individual email users—across Outlook, MSN, and Hotmail—warning them about […]
Julian Assange Arrested, Mastering *Jeopardy!*, and More News
Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less: Julian Assange charged with computer hacking. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested […]